Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-04-18


Iaaefher.
As has been repeatedly proved In various WAYS.
the most dangerous foes OF the knights OF Labor
are not those which asSail IL from without but
those that exist within its own household Next
to the anarchists OF the West, VINO have mas
queraded Knights while pursuing their war
fire upon organized society the element thai has
given the greatest trouble to the honest member,
5f the order Is probably district assembly number
a.. Of View York city. At the general assembly
LAST year this body caused much unesrsness by the
bullying spirit il manifested and The worst OF the
EIlS1ortunes suffered by the longshOremen and
other strikers In New York for a twelye-month
have been traceable 10 its bad management Just
EoS 1t has quarrel on its hands which threatens
To O.' more serious than any hitherto Frank
Campbell, foreman shoemaker, who made a con-
tract with his employer with the approval OF the
Knights. was ordered by Master Workman
QuiuD, Of assembly 49, to break IT, He re-
fused, and was Threatened with boycott
- the penalty OF his resistance to authority IN
stead OF tamely yielding, he has appealed to
his feliow-cTaftSmen for support. They are COM
ing 10 his aid by the hundred now and will soon
IL Is believed, come by the thousand III the option
is forced upon them, as 10 seems TO be- OF with
drawing from the knights or submitting TO Quinn's
dictatiOn, they Will undoubtedly withdraw and
join The National Federation of Labor the organi-
IdtlOn " receiver Sucl an impetus after the
failure OF the Boston horse-car strikes IL would
he pity 10 an order OF so mich potential ex-
eeilence as the Knights go TO pieces because there
is no central authority strong enough to subdue
The destroying agencies Yet that is what must
inevitably happen unless some means be devised
for expeliDg the crew who abuse their powers
and make worthy cause contemplate.
letter written In unfamiliar hand. its body
on one page of sheet OF notepaper and its sigma
1ure on another is poor evidence on which To con-
Wet public man OF good repute Of encouraging
assassination; yet that is what the London Times
Uses in Its attack upon Charles stewart Parnell.
To say that the signature was attached in such
manner for the purpose OF enabling il to be torn
of is no argument at all III this was the object
IN view, Why was not the signature put at the
bottom OF page and not at the tOpe Ii could be
torn OF just as WELL and it would not be open TO
the suspicion of having been written for TIT bene-
lit OF an autograph hunter. A good many public
men make practice OF signing their names when
requested by collector, always at the top OF the
paper OF card presented to them, 80 that no trick
can be played with the signature by writing the
form of ORDER, draft. note hand above 1t.
The ease made by the Times against Mr.. Parnell Is
serious enough TO demand a prompt reputation by
Hn, but il Is 81 far from conclusive that the pre-
sumption in every candid mind Will be in his favor
until better proofs are forthcoming.
The t1l-advised and unsuccessful strike of the
New York lolgshOremen Will long discredit the
local leaders who are responsible Tor it, and To
certain extent point an argument against the
Knights of Labor. in the Maine Of which order the
affair was conducted The 800 New York shoe
makers, the forerunners of 6,o00, who have re-
fused To strike, az directed, and have withdrawn
from the Knights OF Labor, justify the refusal to
obey the orders of outsiders who know nothing Of
their trade and 70 violate contracts with employ
erS by pointing To the miserable experience OF
the obetlicnt '.0ngShoremen. II do not propose
that my little ones. like those OF the lOngshOre-
men. shall be reduced to want TO please the loaf
orS in the Knights Of Labor" says their presiding
officer Anarchist denunciation OF the knights OF
Labor helps the order; but criticism by seceders
who pronounce an ordered strike to be unwise
and an act OF bad faith, and withdraw on that
ground cuts deep. a theoretical aim OF the order
3 to cheek would-be strikers, when reason for
sell-restraiat exists; not to set up atyranny Of
organization, as hateful as the tyranny of wealth.
anu order men 10 break promises, quit work and
starye their families in opposition to their reason
conscience ana Will
The Jury In the trial OF Arensdorf, the Sioux City
brewer charged with numbering the Rev. Mr.
Hatdock, who had made himself obnoxious to the
lIuo- interest by his vigorous efforts to compel
The enforcement OF the prohibition law, have dis
conviction IL Areasdorf did not murder Hadtiock
either Le.Tttt or some one else Of small group OF
persons d. With indictments still hanging over
the Whole gang. including ArensdOrf, enough EVIL
dence should be secured TO disclose clearly the
murderer, and 10 bring him to justice. The shape
which the defense OF ArenSiorf TOOK would have
caused his cquittai 10 be- q virtual conviction OF
Leavitt- IL VIII BE- mochery OF Justice IL one OF
the possible murlereTS should escape because a
jury mud him not guilty, and the Others escape be-
cause they have served as witnesses Tor the state
against the acquitted man.
The discomiOTtS OF thu present District Building
Justify the Commissioners in making every effort
10 secure more comfortable and convenient QUAR-
tiers, and the location last proposed on LIST street
near Indiana avenue, is not 50 far from the busi-
ness center as TO justify public complaint IL the
accommodations satisfactory In other respects
The proposition OF the owner seems, however to
contemplate long terIu OF occupancy to rein-
DurSe MIN for expenses 10 be incurred in fitting
up the building. and probable loss on the first
years rent IL is To be hoped the Commissioners
Will make no bargain of such kind as To interfere
with the movement To obtain from Congress in
the immediate future a rooIny and conveniently
located building, to be owned and used exclusively
by the District
The test sunday cases Will determine whether
the ordinance OF lsG4 is law. Meanwhile the
ordinance, as now construed by the authorities, If
applied uniformly so that no one by violating the
law can make money al the expense OF his law
abiding fellow tradesTnen and go unpublished Will
Work comparatively little hardship and will tend